Berlin

In the past week, competing analyses have appeared in the German daily Die Welt and the New York Times, supporting vastly different conclusions about how much the Israeli military might be able to set back Iran’s nuclear drive.

On Monday, New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller took a grim view the Israeli military might be able to set back Iran’s nuclear drive. Quoting former U.S. military officials that in light of the distance between Israel and Iran, and Iran’s dispersal of nuclear facilities across its territory, she wondered whether the Israeli air force would be able to accomplish the task